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10 Oct 2016, 21:45 (Ref:3679042) | #1 | |
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Obscure Penalties
I feel that I am pretty conversant with penalties having been to race meetings for over 50 years, however every now and then one comes up that I can't understand.
I note from the Stewards Report on the Bathurst race that cars #888 and #4 each got the same PLP: "for a breach of the Safety Car Re-start procedures (fail to traverse pit lane when 2 or more laps down at restart) Can someone please explain this? |
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10 Oct 2016, 21:50 (Ref:3679044) | #2 | |
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v8 supercars have a rule that cars 2 laps down should drive through pit lane so as not to impede the rest of the field (i dont beleive they are the only series that do this) they have had this rule for quite a long time now.
I guess some drivers forgot, or were vague on its interpretation |
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10 Oct 2016, 23:52 (Ref:3679085) | #3 | ||
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Has it been used at Bathurst in recent years as I don't recall it being enforced? |
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It has been used at bathurst in recent years (and other events), But i agree its the first time i have seen a penalty article from earlier this year Quote:
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11 Oct 2016, 01:43 (Ref:3679129) | #5 | ||
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It has been around a couple of years at least; I recall seeing a car going down pit lane at the 2014 1000, and asking the question of someone there at the time.
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11 Oct 2016, 04:48 (Ref:3679194) | #6 | ||
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There were 3 cars that were pit bound at the last Safety Car, including the Supergirls' unit, to get out of the way of the cars on the same lap.
Great way to get them out of the mix.. |
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11 Oct 2016, 20:32 (Ref:3679394) | #7 | ||
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The commentators clearly didn't know about the penalty either as on one reatart they complimented the cars on "getting out of the way".
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